Law Office of Dana L. Manner, PL - Miami, Florida
Consumer Advocate Attorney - (305) 285-9495

In a spot delivery, the car dealer enters into a contract to sell you the car, and to finance it according to certain terms and conditions, only to later claim that they were unable to assign the contract to another finance company, but want you to come back (i.e. the car dealer pulls you back [...]

In Florida, there have been 45 Dodge Journey vehicles bought-back under the Florida Lemon Law program as of 5/19/2012. See the listing of Dodge Journey VINs that have had their certificate of title branded as “Manufacturer Buyback” a/k/a “Lemon” under Florida law. Source: http://www.myfloridalegal.com/ The Dodge Journey seems to have a variety of defects, most [...]

Douglas Craig (42 years old) and his son Austin Craig (18 years old) were arrested in Lee County, Florida on April 17, 2012 for allegedly tampering with the odometer of a car during a sting operation set up by the Auto Theft Unit of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. In a recent story run by NBC [...]

Marc Plotnick, former owner of Plotty’s Discount Motors in Stuart, Florida was facing a potential sentence of 140 years of jail time on odometer fraud and other felony charges.  On April 29, 2010 the former used car dealer received an 8 month jail sentence, a year of house arrest and three years of probation, and as a special condition [...]

According to a story run in the Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel a Florida used car dealer thought to have rolled-back odometers on perhaps a hundred cars, pleaded no contest to odometer fraud charges involving 13 cars, and fraud and other charges, a couple of years ago (April 29, 2010). Marc Plotnick, former owner of Plotty’s Discount Motors [...]

According to a story run by WCTV a Tallahassee used car dealer, Rodney Davis, is accused of pocketing more than $60,000 in sales tax. Davis was arrested, according to the Florida Department of Revnue. Davis used to own Victory Motors located at 2523 West Tennessee Street in Tallahassee, Florida. The DOR says Davis failed to turn over sales tax he collected from [...]

A Michigan court determined that oral representations made by the car dealer’s salesman to the buyer that the car “had been inspected by the dealership and had been found to have no mechanical problems or deficiencies” did not create an express or implied warranty, because the car was sold with a written As-Is No-Warranty disclaimer. But the court [...]

Ken Bensinger of the Los Angeles Times reports that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) the nation’s top consumer watchdog agency, created in 2010 as part of the overhaul of financial regulations, is investigating one of the largest Buy Here Pay Here used car chains DriveTime Automotive Group of Phoenix, AZ. DriveTime is the first BHPH dealer to [...]

Fresno, CA -  According to an article by Jim Guy of The Fresno Bee, A man was arrested on battery charges this morning after a tow truck driver and his supervisor were punched while trying to repossess an SUV in southwest Fresno. The incident happened about 7:30 a.m. on April 18, 2012 when the repo [...]

Vernon L. Miller, owner of Mr. V’s Auto Sales, located in Ft. Lauderdale, was arrested in 2011 on charges that he stole more than $11,000 in sales tax he collected from customers, but failed to send the state, the Florida Department of Revenue announced. Miller’s case is scheduled for a calendar call on June 15, 2012 [...]